Category Archives: Wisconsin Race for Governor 2026
Crowley building team of rivals
David Crowley is showing major league political smarts as the Democratic nominee for the Wisconsin governorship. He has signaled a double-barreled campaign. For openers, the Milwaukee County executive, who won by a razor-thin margin over Rep. Francesca Hong in the … Read the rest
Crowley: a long shot vs. Hong
Let's do some gubernatorial math with fewer than two weeks to go before the August 11 primary. It's not over yet, even though Rep. Francesca Hong has an apparently unstoppable lead in the polls. The Democratic Socialist (she’s not a … Read the rest
Wisconsin Dems: Your real opponent is Trump, Tiffany
I finally figured out what’s been wrong with the Democratic Party’s tepid campaign for the governor nomination. Seven candidates started off for the nomination; it’s now down to five; and none has laid a glove on the dominating issue of … Read the rest
Guv wannabees: ‘It’s health care costs, stupid!’
You would think at least one of the eight candidates for governor of Wisconsin would by now have laid a glove on the underlying costs of health care. It’s the number one affordability issue in the minds of voters. How … Read the rest
Schoemann not running for Lieutenant gov
Work starts to remodel UW building Josh Schoemann’s listening session last week was not supposed to be a press conference, but I asked two questions that made it seem like one. The first was a softball: “Are you running for … Read the rest
Why did Schoemann raise Kirk issue?
Hundreds of citizens of Washington County, who largely opposed naming County Trunk K after Charlie Kirk, wanted to know why that hugely controversial proposition came to life in Washington County. County supervisors received literally of hundreds calls and emails in … Read the rest
Health costs top agenda at gov forum
The Bend Theater was the site of a healthy display of American democracy at the local level last week. Six Democratic candidates for Wisconsin governor showed up in one of the state’s reddest counties for a forum to lay out … Read the rest
New blood for governor? Kevin Conroy
How about a change of pace for Wisconsin governor? Instead of a long line of professional politicians in the governor’s mansion on Lake Mendota, how about an outstanding entrepreneur who has created thousands of new jobs and a bundle of … Read the rest
Trump nose ring pulls GOP guv candidates
In your own lives, if you’ve lived a reasonable amount of time, haven’t you run into a guy who gets most everything wrong? You’ve learned that he is good barometer for decision-making. If he says go left, you go right. … Read the rest
We’re going down Trump rabbit hole in guv’s race
Sometimes the absence of a news story is a story in and of itself. That’s been true in the areas of immigration and tariffs as it affects the Wisconsin economy. Right here in Washington County, arguably the most red, conservative … Read the rest
